Ictal asystole: A benign condition?

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-171

  Schuele, Stephan U ^a,b,d   Bermeo, Adriana C ^a,c   Locatelli, Eduardo ^a   Burgess, Richard C ^a   Lüders, Hans O ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ictal asystole; Sudden unexplained death in epilepsy; SUDEP; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ICTAL ASYSTOLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VAGUS TONE;

ADULT; BRADYCARDIA; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL;

EID: 37549001745     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01330.x     Document Type: Article

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